Wed 20 April 2011 | tags: code, pdf, php, scan2pdf, scanner, scanning, -- (permalink)

I needed a simple and quick way for other users on the network to be able to scan documents. So far, what I had been doing was running a little bash script I found on the net, and scanning multiple pages into a pdf. The problem was that I needed …

Thu 09 September 2010 | tags: bzr, cluster, code, distributed, encode, encoding, gearman, handbrake, handbrakecli, script, transcode, -- (permalink)

Recently I've been given the task of putting a DVD collection on to the computer (for backup purposes, so that the originals can be locked away and not damaged by little hands). Having used Handbrake before to convert DVD's to H.264 videos, I figured I'd be able to use …